For most women, feeling seen heard and known is at times elusive, but always sought after. You are not alone in that.

While you want to connect to yourself, you also want others to desire to be connected with you. When it comes to images of you, this is so true - images are an opportunity for you to express your authentic self.

They are also an invitation for the viewer to see you as you want to be seen.

When others see and hear the real you, it makes you feel worth of being seen and heard. When you have the space to be your authentic self in images, especially in intimate imagery, that sense of value makes a positive impact on your self-confidence and self value.

The one of the big concerns of women bring to their Strong Confident Femininity boudoir session is what they perceive as their body’s “imperfections.” If that sounds familiar, you are not alone!

Every woman I’ve ever met experiences body shaming in some way, from media, strangers’ comments, insensitive friends and family members, or, most often, from their own internal talk.

Did you know that comparison can actually be healthy for you? You can use comparision to inspire you! Yeah, that surprised me too!

I had my doubts, but, turns out, I was wrong!

I set out to write a blog post about how horrible it is for you to compare yourself to what we see online.

Instead, I learned just how comparison can be used to improve your experiences of yourself.

I’ll let you in on a bit of a SECRET - These sessions do make you more attractive to the world but not because you’re hardly wearing anything. It is because you walk away from the session with a new understanding of your strength and femininity. And that understanding will give you a sexy confidence like nothing else.

Here at SCF, we embrace the fact that the intimate photography experience can be far deeper, more beautiful, more luxurious, and more beneficial to you than that old-fashioned version of boudoir.

Oh, you can still find some of that old way available, but it is not what we offer here.

We know that your intimate portrait session is far more about the experience you have and how it enriches your confidence and view of yourself than any person you might share the images with.

I’ve got three short stories to tell you – two clients (anonymously, so the images in this post are not of those women) and my grandma. These stories highlight women of strength. When you’ve read them, you might be inspired, but you might also be puzzled by what made them strong. I’ll give my take on the “what made them strong?” question at the end.